Apparatus for locating and raising sunken vessels



Nov; 2 1926., 1,605,343

D. s. GOVULD ET AL APPARATUS FOR LOCATING AND RAISING SUNKEN VESSELSFiled F 1, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR arawam M Ec/uze 15 4211.? 5.600/0 ATTORNEY Nmr. 2 1926.

D. S. GOULD ET AL APPARATUS FOR LOCATIN AND RAISING 'SUNKBN VESSELSFiled Fb. 1, 1926 2 Sheet5-Sheet Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

tenant DAVID S. GOULD AND EDWARD M. RAUZE, OF KENT, WASHINGTON.

APPARATUS iron LOCATING AND RAISING snnxrnn vnssnns.

Application filed February Our invention has more particular referenceto improvements in devices for locating and raising vessels of thesubmarine type; and the objects of our improvement,

generally stated, are, to provide a raft, de-

tachably connected with a vessel, which can be released when occasiondemands, and, rising to the surface of the water, will indicate thelocation of the vessel; to aiiord,

through said raft, instrumentalities for supplying air to the vessel andestablishing electrical communication therewith; and, to furnish meanswhereby the vessel can be raised-to a position of comparative safety.

Other objects may appear as the description of the invention progresses.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of a sunken submarine,the apparatus being in released position and the raft floating on thesurface of the water;

Fig. 2, a sectional clevation of the apparatus as mounted on the outerdeck of .a submarine, including other portions of the submarine, inbroken sections, to better il-- lustrate the connection of the apparatustherewith;

Fig. 3, a plan View of said raft, indicating supporting elements for asignal, cable, a

Wire for conducting an electric current, and

an airtube; and,

Fig. l, a sectional elevation, broken away, of a hollow truncated cone,adapted to carry lengths of cable, and a jaw member and mechanismcooperating therewith for securing the raft to the submarine, orreleasing it therefrom, one of the pointed terminals of the raft beingoutlined to illustrate its connection with said member.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the outer deck and theconning tower of the submarine are designated as 1 and 2 respectively. Acable support 3, in the -form of a hollow truncated cone, is fixedlysecured to the outer, deck and, preferably,

about centrally thereof. Adjacent said support, a pair of spaced eyes4-, of heavy construction and secured to said deck in a sub stantialmanner, carry a bolt 5, the same providing a pivotal connection for theeye ter- 56 minal 6 ofa large cable 7 wound around the lower portion ofsaid support. A smaller cable 8, secured to the first-named cable by aspliced link 9, is wound around the upper portion of the su port, asindicated in Fig.

3 2. The largcrca le is designed to be of a strength and so secured tothe vessel that it disposed between the bands 32, afiord l, 1926. SerialNo. 85,210.

can be utilized for lifting the vessel in the imum depth from which itis expected that the vessel may be raised, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

A support 20 for an air'tube, also in the form of a hollow truncatedcone, is secured to the deck adjacent the cable support. A pipe 21extends through and is fixedly secured to the deck, its lower portioncarrying a gate valve 22, and its upper terminal 23 having means forcoupling on an air tube 24:, preferably of the flexible metallicvariety. This tube is designed to be wound around said support, when theapparatus is in closed position, as indicated in'Fig. 2. A. wire 25,disposed in said tube, and adapt ed to permit electrical communicationtherethrough, has its lower terminal extending below the deck, throughthe opening 26 in the pipe.

The raft, detachably mounted on the two supports just described,comprises a pair of cylinders 30, having conical ends 31, and providedwith a plurality of encircling bands, denoted as 32 and 33. A pair ofmetallic cleats 34-, secured to the bands 33, serve to space thecylinders in parallel relation. and also function as supports for a pairof floor boards 35. A. pair of rods 36,

su ports for the pipe 37, adapted to carry tl ie outer terminals of theair tube and said Wire, and which is pivotally connected with one of therods through the car 38, and the member 39, which is pivotally connectedwith the other rod and the link 10, and. car-.

ries at its free end a flag 40.

The means for securing the raft to said supports, comprise a pair ofstandards secured to the support 20, each having a concaved head 51 andso located as to accommodate the conical terminals ofthe cylinders onone end of the raft. The support 3 is provided interiorly with a plate52, extending transversely and adjacent one side, in. which is mounted asocket member 53. A vertical shaft 54, exteriorly threaded at its upperend, is i'otatably mounted in said member and a riveted flange section55, which section carries a stufling box 56. 5'? denotes a worm gearwheel fixedly attached to the shaft, 58 a worm gear pinion rotatablymounted and supported by 'vhimi till (he 23 her TL, as indicuimi hy thenism.

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n pivotal connechwl 'Wli'il "16 top "she support :5 as indicated b 73,is provided at (me political with :1 ynke I4 having :1 slot 75 on eithersills, said yoke bring misgtvd 1'0 sli labigi' any iH'iH'L he cnlhu' amisi'mit this pins to sn gugv the 05s and at sinoiiherportion With aiii-mi Tu, having 11 1* s 77 in form com phnnoni ni' to a pointedterminal of :1 Qylim titl (if the rzifl. Said support 3 also pro-- myside with vertically exnmi pivots-(i jaw mmber iiiwwise hvzui with nrecess wiflfri ld b :LL;- u-nnnm. u :1 En lwi terminni 03' the adiawntqyhmivzr. hzsi nzuned member being; ops-nth eiy wnnecicri with ihe jawmom.-

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Vi a claim:

1. An apparatus of the class described, Qmnprising in comhinaiinn wii'ha V0556 a support. .ing; :1 hqziiow i: :1 aim-" unmjelui', a Qahie mudon the snnpmu raving one end, secured 0 ths Vessvi. a 'nmliczva bisspiivmi to (he first-nan'leci mhhand wound on iho s1 'n'ii :vsevumisupport. iiviining hiiiiow L1 nwniied cone, :ln who woumion theinst-married support-u pipe cxtemiing through the, outer [hm-i; 01. 1110n 501, having: :1 lateral opening Lhozw-in and a ,slve iocntmi belowS-lifi deck, :2 win (iiSjmsmi wii'hin the tube, having its invrsi'iCI'HiiIiIii exfvmiing iin' mgh sairi 0pmm :1 signal. pivoiaiiyanimated. with sin- T1115. :1 plwini mnneciion hem-Ben The rm? uni 0?the smuiiei' whi e and 'd mem- )(1' *1 ignvi carried by the hnti a timeupper port W h the raft. of the 01 1 dascriheci, vessel, ip iort. a raftis cable, nu and secure nppoyf u in [i10.TGSI-36i, a light iced in (in:nihei" and. of the firsi;- -hic. sr, cables being msunt d 0n 1* wide, aWire dis- ;mi tube and WilG b -i'nhe slgaport a mem- :5 s mi, pivstsiiyQ0 3-.-

mi sscurmi" there he iighv and a housing, en lais of the L221 and i s:2] crmnociod with the raft. in :ipyzmmzs [if the class described, iniilii'ti.)il llii0l1 with. a ,vessei, a piiiinimi ends 21, standard for10 end. It jaw for siipporting 119 A moving; the jaw laterflout fromsaid supports, i i with Th (inst, means for; cnhic in cozisd' positionon fli ing one end of the an {111' tube connected with SUP'FUZ'tiB said:11 e in vessel, an means 1'01 znmiied coney coiled position on thevessel, and a valve connected with the tube.

n apparatus of the class described, comprising in combination with avessel, a float, a standard for supporting one portion of the float, amember for supporting an oppositely disposed portionof the float, meansfor moving the member laterally torelease the float from said supports,a cable connocted with the float, means for supporting the cable incoiled position on the vessel, and means for sag-tiring one end of thecable to the vessel.

5. In an apparatus of the-class described, in combination with a vessel,a raft, including a pair of closed cylinders, with conical ends,disposed in spaced paralled relation, and means for detachably securingthe raft to the vessel, comprising a pair of fixed standards havingrecessed heads oompleinen tary to said ends, adapted to support one endconnected with the wheel,

of the raft, a support, a vertical shaft journal'ed therein, exteriorlythreaded at its up per' end, a Worm gear Wheel fixedly secured to theshaft, a'worm gear pinion operatively means for aetuatlug-the pinion, acollar, having on either side a projectin pin, threadedly engaged withsaid end of the shaft,- a jaw member pivotally connected with thesupport, provided at one portion with a yoke having slots, adapted toslidahly engage the collar and pins, and at another portion with a jawfor engaging an end of one cylinder, and a second jaw n1ember]I-lVOiTi1lly connected with the support, adapted to engage the adjacentconical end of the other cylinder, and a rod connecting said n'ien'iberswhereby the motion of the first-named jaw member is communicated to thesecond jaw member.

(S. in an apparatus of the class described, in combination with avessel, a float having pointed ends, a standard for supporting one endof the float, a support, a vertical shaft journaled therein, exteriorlythreaded at its upper end, a worm gear wheel fixedly see cured to theshaft, a worm gear pinion operatively connected with the wheel, a crank,having a handle. for actuatingthe pinion, a collar. interiorly threaded,mounted on said end of the shaft, a pin projecting: from either side ofthe collar, a member pivotally connected with the support, comprising. abody carrying a yoke, having to slidably engage the collar and providedwith a socket for other end of the float.

DAVID GOULD. EDWARDlvi. RAUZE.

pins, and engaging the slots, adapted

